Lindsay Ellis is an American media critic, film critic, and YouTuber. She received her BA in Film Studies from New York University in 2007 and MFA from USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2011. From 2008 to 2014, Ellis was part of the Channel Awesome production company, under the moniker The Nostalgia Chick, a counterpart to the Nostalgia Critic. She currently produces widely-viewed YouTube videos on films and culture, and also hosts the "It's Lit!" web series for PBS, which explores trends in American Literature as a companion piece to PBS' Great American Reads. In 2019, her 3-part documentary series on Peter Jackson's film version of The Hobbit was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Related Work.
